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Fire And Ice: The Traditional Heroine In The Silmarillion, Sarah Beach
Fire And Ice: The Traditional Heroine In The Silmarillion, Sarah Beach
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Defines the Light and Dark heroine, each of which may have a positive or negative aspect. Sees Finduilas and Nienor Níniel as negative, non-active, acted upon; Lúthien and Idril participate “in the course of their heroes’ actions.”
Archetypes, Stereotypes, And The Female Hero: Transformations In Contemporary Perspectives, Terri Frontgia
Archetypes, Stereotypes, And The Female Hero: Transformations In Contemporary Perspectives, Terri Frontgia
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Points out deficiencies of traditional mythic and psychological archetypes in encompassing females. Considers some heroes and heroines of modern fantasy who demonstrate a new paradigm of archetypes not tied to gender.
The Secret Queen: Two Views Of The Heroine In Diana Paxson's The White Raven, Bruce Byfield
The Secret Queen: Two Views Of The Heroine In Diana Paxson's The White Raven, Bruce Byfield
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Contrasts Esseilte, who typifies the Campbellian role of the female in her symbolic relationship to the male, with Branwen—who challenges this pattern “by pursuing her own enlightenment in much the same way that a male hero does.”